Tack and staple puller.



0. H. MILES.

I TACK AND STAPLE FULLER.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 18, 1907.

. PATBNTED AUG. 4, 1908.

CLIFFORD H. MILES, OF WATERBURY, CONNECTICUT.

TACK .AND STAPLE FULLER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented. Au 4, 1908.

Application filed July 16, 1907. Serial No. $84,009:.

without any danger of cutting the head off the same.

Another object of my invention is to rovide a tool which is soconstructed that w en' the jaws are closed on the tack and pressureapplied to the handle, the tack will be drawn upwardly without anydanger of breaking the head off, as is the case with devices of thischaracter now in use. A With these and other objects in view, theidvention consists in the novel features of I Eonstruction, combinationand arrangement of parts, hereinafter fully described and pointed out inthe claims.

In the drawings forming a part of this specificationz Figure 1 is a sideview of my improved tool, showing it in position to draw 7 a tack. Fig.2 is a side view of the tool showing it in the act of drawingatack. Fig.3 is an end view of the tool, a portion of the handle and shank beingshown in section. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the shanks carryingthe gri ping jaws. Fig. 5 is a side view of the too in position to drawastaple. Fig. 6 is a side view of the tool in the act of drawing thestaple. v

In the drawing A indicates a pair of flat shanks provided with lugs Aand having curved offset pointed gripping jaws A at their lower ends.The upper end of one s hank is bifurcated and the end of the other 1shank is provided with a tongue which is adapted to fit in thebifurcation, and be bent down over the side of the shank, so as tosecurely lock the shanks together, so that they can be readily securedin an ordinary handle B. 4

The gri ping jaws are provided with a ertures in a llnement with eachother, in w ich is secured a rivet C on which is mounted, between thejaws a rocker member D which is rovided with an intervening cut outportion forming a jaw D which is adapted to co-act with the jaws A whenplaced over a tack. One end of the member D being provided with anenlargement D which is engaged by the lugs A, so as to prevent the jawsfrom cutting ofi the head of the tack, when the lever is presseddownward. A lug D is formed on the member D, to the other side of thepivoted oint which is adapted toengag the shank w en the tool is usedfor drawin a staple. The member D being providewith a cam surface Dadapted to engage the floor or wood in which the tack is driven, andwith a curved bearing surfac for engaging he floor or wood into whichthe staple is driven when used for drawing a staple.

T e operation of thetool for drawing a tack is as follows :The tool isplaced over a tac'lj as shown in Fig. 1, and by ressing handlerearwardly and downward the point of the jaw A will be forced under thehead of the tack, and at the same time the jaw D of the member D will beforced under the other side of the head, and as further pressure isapplied to the handle, it will ride on the cam surface of the member,the lug A being brought into engagement with the enlargement D whichforms astop Which revents thejaws from cutting the head off t e tack, asit is pulled out.

The operationfor drawing a staple is as follows :-The jaw D is forcedunder the cross 7 1 bar of the staple, and as pressure is applied to thehandle, the shanks are brought into engagement with the lug D whichprevents it from moving any further, and as further ressure is applied,the jaw D will be forced further under the staple and drawn upwardly asthe curved bearing surface rides over the floor which will lift thestaple out without any dan er of breaking the same.

Having thus fu 1y described my invention, what I claim as new and desireto secure by Letters Patent is In a tack and staple puller, thecombination'with a air of shanks provided with lugs adapted to e securedtogether having offset curved pointed jaws at their lower ends, of ahandle secured over said shank, a rocker I brought into e11 memberpivotally mounted between said for holding sa jaws, having a curvedbearing surface at one end and a curved cam at the other end, said 5 camsurface being rovided with an enlargement, a co-acting aw formed on saidmember, said lug and enlargement adapted to be gagement with each other,id jaws apart.

0; 'FFORD H. MILES. Witnesses:

Josnrn LEE STANLEY, HUGH KEENAN.

